After reading the letter “Resignation would spare 1st Ward a recall” (May 10), I had to write.

The writer must not get out much because the problems he wrote about are in every ward.

People everywhere are struggling to put food on their tables. Houses are being foreclosed on all over the city, People are losing jobs as businesses are leaving the city or cutting down hours. A lot of youth are having trouble getting jobs but it is because of lack of experience or they did not finish high school. As for crime rate, that is all over San Bernardino not just in the 1st Ward.

I too live in the 1st Ward and I see new businesses opening up with jobs. But a person has to get up and look for the jobs. You cannot sit on the couch and wait for someone to knock on your door. It doesn’t work that way.

As for Virginia Marquez, I have called her several times with good results and I have talked to other people who say the same thing. What is the real reason behind the letter?